A new DC movie is reportedly the reason behind one of the AEW titles being changed on television on next week’s episode of AEW Dynamite.
According to a new report from Fightful Select, Tony Khan had been working with Warner Bros for some time to cross-promote All Elite and the new Shazam! movie, which has led to the All-Atlantic Championship being changed to the AEW International Championship.
“Fightful Select was told that Warner Bros asked for something big in order to cross promote the Shazam: Fury of the Gods movie on All Elite. Tony Khan had the idea of doing a ‘level up’ of the championship to the International Title” the site noted today.
AEW title change reasoning
“Khan actually had the new championship belt made months ago to prepare specifically for this week and next week in order to promote the film” Fightful added.
“We’re told AEW is always excited to do the cross promotional work, and attempts to have newsworthy items in association with them. The company also wanted to put something newsworthy on the Winnipeg show and increase the prestige of a title they put on television often in prime positions” the report concluded.
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